Improvement in spinning-frames



"RHAYTHORN.

SPINNING FRAME.

No. 78,085, Patented May 19, 1868;

UNITED STATES FREDERIGKHAYTHORN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANlA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPINNING-FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 78 085, dated May 19, 1868.

7 To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HAYTHORN of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a "new and useful Improvement in Spinning- The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in spinning-frames; and 1t eonsistsin providing ariug-spinning frame with a series of pivoted guards, these being on.

guard between theadjacent spindles toprevent the yarn of each bobbin or cop from coming into contact with that of the adjacent bobbins or cops on either side during the act of being spun. To this end I have arranged upon the sideof the ring-rail an oscillating shaft provided with fingers, which support the said guards in a vertical position between each of the spindles in such a manner that the said shaft may be swung out of the way while dofling the cops or bobbins.

To enable others skilled in the art to make anduse my invention, I will proceed more fully to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a plan, view of a portion of a ring-rail with my improvement attached. .Fig. 2 is a section on the'line a: w of Fig. 1.. Fig.3 is a section on the line y of Fig.1, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line so 3 z of Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents a portion of a ring-rail as ordinarily constructed.

B represents a-series of brackets onone side V of the same, in'wh ich is arranged the shaft 0 supporting the fingers. D arethe fingers,-and

E the guards. The said brackets are secured to the ring-rail by set-screws so placed that they may also serve to securefthe rings in place. The said shaft may be turned" onwits axis to move the' guards out of the way while dofling the bobbins or cops. c

All the parts of myimprovement' may be made of iron, wood, or any othermaterial. I prefer, however, to make'the guards of tin or sheet-iron and the other parts of iron. The fingers, besides serving as supports -;for the guards by their contiguity to the rings, alsoserve to clear the travelers from kinks or snarls,

which are often' the cause. of breakages thus saving labor and waste in piecing -or. mending the broken yarn. Thesaidguards are sejcured to the fingers by passing the lowcrend through a tapered slot in the latter,;of the right size to agree with the tapered-end of the guard, the projecting portion being turned un'; der the lower side of the finger, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and4; but Iidqnot desire to limit myself to this manner of securing them, asmany other obvious plans may beadopted with equal advantage. I have found in prac: tice these guards. toserve a very. useful "and advantageous purpose of preventing the yarns of each bobbin or cop fromcoming into contact with those of the adjacent bobbins or cops while it is performing the circular movement givento it by the twisting operation during its passage from the guide-eyes to the traveler. v Having thus fully described my improvements, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isa c f The guards E, in combination with the fingers D and shaft 0, substantially as described, for thepurpose specified. y y a r FREDOK. HAYTHORN.

Witnesses:

JOHN YARD, JAMES R. HocAN; 

